Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Wut?! Floods In Sheffield??

Unbelievable.

I never expected it to flood over here.

Especially when rain wasn't all that heavy. It was just raining continuously for a day.

Heck, back home it rains continuously for days on end during the monsoon season.

But flood it did, and it was a pretty huge disaster as well.

At first, I didn't know the scale of the flooding because I left for lectures first thing on Monday morning.

However, as the day wore on, news slowly filtered in.

Fatalities.

The River Sheaf bursting its banks.

Cars being swept away.

Dams in danger of bursting.

Closure of several highways.

I knew it was pretty serious the moment I heard about the dams.

The first time I heard about dams in danger of collapsing, my Dad's hometown was submerged under at least 6 feet of water soon after.

I hoped it wouldn't happen here.

Thankfully, the dams held.

And it was pretty lucky that the area around the University wasn't affected at all.

No, the humongous puddle at the bottom of Northumberland Road doesn't count.

The only major disruption around this area was a brief cut in the power supply while repair work was being carried out in the substations around Sheffield.

I'm not sure how long it'll take for everything to be back to normal again.

But I'm hoping the roads or the train lines will be up and running as fast as possible - I still have to get to Chesterfield this coming Monday!

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